Potato rub is one of the traditional Han pasta in northern Shaanxi, western Shanxi and Longdong, Gansu. Wipe potatoes made of humble potatoes, golden potatoes have a faint luster, and the fragrance of potatoes overflows. Take a bite, which not only has the taste and chewing head of French fries, but also has the fresh fragrance of minced meat and red pepper. This is a delicious food, steamed with potatoes wrapped in buckwheat flour, and then fried, following the style of northwest cuisine with less oil and more salt. Potato wipes, as the name implies, are made of potatoes. The raw materials and procedures are very simple. It is to cut potatoes into slightly thick shreds, then mix them with dry flour, so that each shred is evenly wrapped with a layer of clothes, and then steam them in a drawer. When eating, put it into a large bowl, add garlic paste, spicy noodles, sauce, vinegar, scallion oil or sesame oil, and mix with homemade tomato sauce. If you stir-fry quickly in a wok, it will taste better. Potato wipe is a natural green food, which can be eaten all year round.

Potato rubbing is called "potato without pulling" and "potato kule" in some places, and the surrounding area is also called "vegetable pimple". Potato wipe is a kind of vegetable pimple. Potatoes are actually potatoes, and wiping is a tool to wipe shredded potatoes. It is made of potatoes and a little white flour, and is deeply loved by people in northern Shaanxi. Potato wipe originated in a difficult period. After years of famine, the hungry people in northern Shaanxi focused on the potatoes rich in this land, so potato wipes came into being.

food therapy

Potatoes are sweet, flat and slightly cool, and enter the spleen, stomach and intestines; 2。 It has the effects of regulating stomach, invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, detoxicating, diminishing inflammation, relaxing bowels, lowering blood sugar and lipid, promoting blood circulation, relieving swelling, invigorating qi, strengthening body constitution, caring skin and resisting aging.

Indications: toothache due to stomach fire, anorexia due to spleen deficiency, dry stool, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc. It can also be used for adjuvant treatment of dyspepsia, habitual constipation, mental fatigue, chronic stomachache, joint pain, skin eczema, etc.

Matters needing attention

Rotten, moldy or germinated potatoes should not be eaten because they contain too much solanine, which is easy to cause poisoning.

Potatoes are suitable for frying, stewing, roasting and frying.

Potatoes should be peeled and eaten, and the parts with bud eyes should be dug up to avoid poisoning.

Potatoes are easy to oxidize and turn black after being cut, which is a normal phenomenon and will not cause harm.

People often put chopped potato chips and shredded potatoes into water to remove excessive starch for cooking. But be careful not to soak for too long and cause the loss of water-soluble vitamins and other nutrients.